When will the school you applied to in the Early Action/Early Decision round notify you of their decision? As it’s now early December, Early Action and Early Decision notification dates are right around the corner, marking the first admissions cycle following the landmark United States Supreme Court ruling outlawing the practice of Affirmative Action.

But there’s no need to refresh your inbox constantly. We’ll tell you when you can expect the school you applied to Early to post their decision in your portal, though these dates are subject to change as we move closer to the looming deadlines.

2024-2025 Early Action and Early Decision Notification Dates

Below is a breakdown of when America’s highly selective universities intend to release Regular Decision notifications to applicants to the Class of 2029 in their own verbiage:

College/University	2024-2025 Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date
American University	ED I: By December 31st EA: By January 31st ED II: By February 15th
Amherst College	ED: Early to Mid-December
Babson College	ED I: By Mid-December EA: By January 15th ED II: By Mid-February
Barnard College	ED: Mid-December
Bates College	ED I: By December 20th ED II: By February 15th
Boston College	ED I: December 3rd ED II: By February 15th
Boston University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Bowdoin College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
Brown University	ED: December 13th at 3 PM ET
Bryn Mawr College	ED I: Late December ED II: Mid-February
Bucknell University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
California Institute of Technology	EA: December 12th
Carleton College	ED I: By December 15th ED II: By February 15th
Carnegie Mellon University	ED I: By December 15th
Case Western Reserve University	ED I: ~December 7th EA: ~December 21st ED II: ~February 10th
Claremont McKenna College	ED I: By December 15th ED II: By February 15th
Colby College	ED I: December 13th ED II: On or Before February 15th
Colgate University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
College of William & Mary	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Colorado College	ED I: December 11th EA: December 17th ED II: February 13th
Columbia University	ED: Mid-December
Connecticut College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Cornell University	ED: Mid-December
Dartmouth College	ED: Mid-December
Davidson College	ED I: By December 16th ED II: By January 31st
Duke University	ED: December 16th at 7 PM ET
Emerson College	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-January ED II: Early February
Emory University	ED I: December 11th After 6 PM ET ED II: By February 15th
Fordham University	ED I: December 20th EA: December 20th ED II: February 15th
George Washington University	ED I: By Late December ED II: By Late February
Georgetown University	EA: By December 15th
Georgia Institute of Technology	EA I: TBD (December 6th at 7 PM ET for Georgia residents) EA II: TBD
Grinnell College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
Hamilton College	ED I: By December 15th ED II: By February 15th
Harvard University	EA: December 12th at 7 PM ET
Harvey Mudd College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Haverford College	ED I: December 15th ED II: Early February
Indiana University	EA: On or Before December 15th
Johns Hopkins University	ED I: December 13th ED II: February 14th
Lafayette College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Lehigh University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Loyola Marymount University	ED I: November 25th EA: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Middlebury College	ED I: December 7th at 7 AM ET ED II: Mid-February
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	EA: December 17th at 6:28 PM ET
New York University	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Northeastern University	ED I: By January 1st EA: By February 15th ED II: By March 1st
Northwestern University	ED: Mid-December
Oberlin College	ED I: By December 15th ED II: By February 1st
Occidental College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 20th
Pepperdine University	EA: January 10th
Pomona College	ED I: By December 15th ED II: By February 15th
Princeton University	EA: December 12th at 7 PM ET
Purdue University	EA: January 15th
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ED I: December 14th ED II: January 25th EA: February 1st
Rice University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Sarah Lawrence College	ED I: Late December EA: Late December ED II: Mid-February
Smith College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Late January
Stanford University	EA: December 13th at 4 PM PT
Swarthmore College	ED I: December 13th at 7 PM ET ED II: Mid-February
Syracuse University	ED I: Late December ED II: Late January
Tufts University	ED I: December 13th at 7 PM ET ED II: Early February
Tulane University	ED I: December 3rd at 6 PM CT EA: By January 10th ED II: By February 15th
University of Chicago	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
University of Colorado – Boulder	EA: By February 1st
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	EA: January 31st
University of Maryland	EA: By February 1st
University of Massachusetts Amherst	EA: January 17th (Evening)
University of Miami	ED I: By Mid-December EA: Late January ED II: Late February
University of Michigan	EA: By Late January
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	EA: January 31st
University of Notre Dame	EA: December 17th at 6:42 PM ET
University of Pennsylvania	ED: Mid-December
University of Richmond	ED I: December 15th EA: January 25th ED II: February 15th
University of Rochester	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
University of Southern California	EA: Mid to Late January
University of Texas at Austin	Priority: January 15th
University of Virginia	ED I: December 13th After 5 PM ET EA: By February 15th
University of Wisconsin	EA: On or Before January 31st
Vanderbilt University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Villanova University	ED I: November 25th EA: By January 20th ED II: By February 15th
Virginia Polytechnic Institute	EA: TBD
Wake Forest University	ED I: Rolling EA: By January 15th ED II: Around February 15th
Washington & Lee University	ED I: December 20th ED II: February 1st
Washington University in St. Louis	ED I: December 12th ED II: By February 14th
Wellesley College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Wesleyan University	ED I: December 14th, 2024 ED II: Mid-February
Williams College	ED: December 13th
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	ED I: Mid-December EA I: Mid-January ED II: Mid-February EA II: Late February
Yale University	EA: December 17th

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